Oh sure she might have hit the foot a million times but I can't get her to leave my side...she's a good pup. And as you can see I've been upgraded in the hardware section. So I get to partially walk around. Yay!!!! … [Read more...]
Filling my time….
September 6, 2012 by · 6 Comments
September is in full swing now and there is no looking back. While our weather is pushing for a little Indian Summer action it can’t fool me, I know that Fall is on its way. This is the time of year when my soul awakens and comes alive. Leaves will rustle under my feet. All my cute coats get pulled out of the closet. The chill in the air in the morning. The trips to the pumpkin patch. Hot chocolate. Hot cider. Hot tea. Warm blankets. Snuggly fiancé’s and pups. All good, all good. And of course all the Fall baking. I’ve worked out a little system of sorts in order to get to bake and while it takes three times as long right now I’m not doing a whole lot. There isn’t much on day time or night time TV for the matter. I’ve watched way too many movies. Including such winners as the North Shore (which ran at like 3am) and Road House (which I couldn’t make it through). I’ve watched Tombstone four times now because they keep showing it. :)I tried doing Twitter for a while, … [Read more...]
PUMP(kin) it Up take two…
September 4, 2012 by · 40 Comments
We all know that I love Pinterest. I still to this day thank/curse Kristen(Dine and Dish)for introducing it to me. While it might be a time suck it is a constant source of inspiration of all things not just baking/cooking. I almost (and I use that term loosely) want to clean and organize after I am on Pinterest…almost. :P I also love it of course because it brings people to my site and I always love gaining new readers! One thing I am always interested in on Pinterest is what things do I bake/make are popular on Pinterest and it usually surprises me…big time. One thing were these muffins. Now these are not like a Way Back Wednesday, these are like a redo Tuesday. :) So many people had been pinning them that I decided to remake them…as these bad boys were originally posted six years ago…yep...SIX! They say that they average blog reader only stays with a blog about a year and a half. I know that I have some long time readers but I have to remember that the majority of you are … [Read more...]
This ain’t my first rodeo…
September 3, 2012 by · 17 Comments
It's only been a week and I'm already twitching. I couldn't stand it...why do I always get the baking bug when it's either miserable hot or I've lived up to my nick name of Gracie. :) I got Baked Elements: The Importance of Being Baked in 10 Favorite Ingredients and dove right in. I loved their previous books and I love the concept of the new one of basically there favorite 10 Things. One of those things was Malted Milk...a whole chapter dedicated to it is my kind of book!!! And while you would think that the first thing I would make would be with malted milk, I needed to make something easy...very easy. I also needed help, crutches and baking do not mix. So with the help of three other people I got cookies made! Speaking of crutches I am apparently a rock star on them compared to I guess everyone. I am going to take it as a compliment that EVERY and I am not exaggerating when I say EVERY nurse and doctor I have dealt with since my slap shot to the foot a week ago tells me that I … [Read more...]
